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          Railroad Retirement Benefits for Students
          Part IV - Events That Affect A Student's Entitlement
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              Part I - Requirements For Student Benefits
          Part II - Student Benefit In A Special Guaranty Case
          Part III - Student Survivor Annuity
          Part IV - Events That Affect A Student's Entitlement
                                Social Security Benefits or Other Railroad Retirement Annuities
          Payments From Employers
          Annual Earnings Exempt Amount
          Nonrailroad Earnings in a Special Guaranty Case
          Nonrailroad Earnings in a Survivor Annuity
          Railroad Earnings in a Special Guaranty Case
          Railroad Earnings in a Survivor Annuity
          Stepchild Dependency
          Terminating Events
          Imprisonment or Confinement Due to a Conviction for a Criminal Offense
          Monitoring Student Entitlement
          Part V - Events That Must Be Reported to the RRB
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            When the employee's annuity is based on age and the employee has earnings over the *Annual Earnings Exempt Amount* for the employee's age group, the excess is charged against the employee benefit and the benefits of all others included in the family group. Refer to Form G-77a *How Work Affects Your Railroad Retirement Benefits*, for current *Annual Earnings Exempt Amounts*.

If a student has earnings over the *Annual Earnings Exempt Amount*, the excess is charged against the amount that the student benefit increases the *Special Guaranty* rate only. A student will lose up to $1 in benefits for every $2 of earnings over the *Annual Earnings Exempt Amount*. In some cases, the reduction for earnings for one family member is offset by an increase to the *Special Guaranty* benefit computed for other family members.

If a student works outside the United States for 45 or more hours in a month and does not pay Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) or Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA) taxes for this work, the student benefit in the Special Guaranty will be reduced, regardless of the amount of money earned.
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